Where Western Psychology meets Eastern Spirituality

Alan Watts

Alan Watts was an Episcopal priest, but not for very long. He left the church, started hanging out with the Beat Poets (Kerouac, Ginsberg, et. al.), and became a key figure popularizing Zen Buddhism in the West in the mid-20th century. His many books include Psychotherapy East & West, The Way of Zen, and The Wisdom of Insecurity, and there are hundreds of hours of his often brilliant, often rambling lectures archived online. Here’s one: